Nubar Wild West Collection Swatches and Review

The Nubar Wild West Collection for fall 2013 features eight new shades all with a western theme.

It’s time to saddle up your trusty stead and hold on to your Stetson as Nubar takes us to the Wild West for Autumn/Winter nails. From the warm bronze tone of Go Native to the cool deep blue of Texas Sky this colourful collection will give clients the ability to change their nail colour with the ever changing season. Add a little glamor at the Saloon with Hi Ho Silver or try something dark mysterious with the deep tones of Never Take Off The Mask. Nubar’s Wild West collection will bring you riding into Autumn/Winter with a wealth of color.

I think they got a lot of these shades perfect for a western theme. They definitely feel very fall-ish as well. Most of these just needed two coats for complete perfection. And one was a nightmare…

Paint Pony is a caramel/brown base with fiery pink/red shimmer. So gorgeous! I couldn’t wait to get this sucker on my nails because I love these kinds of shades. She speaks to me. This was two coats.

Spirit Walker is an off-white with just the slightest bit of pink shimmer, which is barely detectable. In fact I didn’t know it had shimmer until I edited this photo and blew it up. I really like it because it’s not white, not nude. Kind of a muted buff shade. This was three coats.

Cactus is a vivid green with super heavy yellow/gold shimmer. This one is a real beauty because of the strong shimmer. This was two coats.

Go Native is a slightly burnt orange shimmer. Intense color payoff with two coats and it seems very fall and western to me all at once.

Hi-Ho Silver is a suuuuuuuper frosty silver. Ok this one is the disaster here. It’s extremely brush-stroke-y as you can see. There was just no getting this one even. It’s really frosty and just not a great formula. This was two coats.

Texas Sky is a vivid colabt blue with purple shimmer. I love this shade because it’s really bright but also still kind of dark around the edges and blurple-ish. This was two coats.

Brothel is an apple red with shimmer. It’s a fun red, nice shimmer and kind of lit-from-within. It seems a bit Christmas-esque to me, but that’s neither here nor there. This was two coats.

Take Off The Mask is a very dark chocolate brown with red and copper shimmer. UGH this is so gorgeous! It glows, it burns, it begs me to wear it. It’s perfect, though it is really dark. I adore shimmery browns, so many people don’t and I can’t figure out why! Anyway this was two coats.

Overall: 95% of this collection features really nice or extremely fabulous shades with a great formula. The only negative was Hi-Ho Silver. I think the strand-out shades are Cactus, Take Off The Mask, Paint Pony and Texas Sky.

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